#38B4E7#38B4E7

#38B4E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B4E7
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(197, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 76%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -16.91, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 38.98, 244.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0819 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.128 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3701, 39.2489, 81.4556)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B4E7 #E76B38

analogous

#38E7C3 #38B4E7 #385DE7

triadic

#38B4E7 #E738B4 #B4E738

tetradic

#38B4E7 #C338E7 #E76B38 #5DE738

square

#38B4E7 #C338E7 #E76B38 #5DE738

split-complementary

#38B4E7 #E7385D #E7C338

monochromatic

#126D93 #1896CA #38B4E7 #6FC9EE #A5DDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#38B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#38B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B4E7

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B4E7	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB2E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87caee',
    500: '#38b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b4e7;
$custom-light: #87caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.486,
    "s": 78.475,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B4E7

secondary

#E1AE99

accent

#6B33F5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B4E7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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